thanks for your help guys, I want to expand the idea a little further.

If cell A1 = ABCD

I would like to output in another cell to something different depending on
the letter.

e.g.

A1 = ABCD if A or B or C then blue


thanks


"Pete_UK" wrote:

Try this:

=IF(UPPER(LEFT(A1,1))="A","yes","no")

to check for the first character, or this:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("A",A1)),"yes","no")

to check anywhere in A1. Of course, the "A" could be replaced by a
cell reference which contains the letter you are interested in. Both
of these are case-insensitive.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Oct 2, 12:31 pm, mahmad wrote:
Hi,

I want to be able to find if a particular cell which contains a specific
letter and if it does then say yes in another cell. I am using Excel 03.

for example.

cell a1 = ABC (i am interesed in letter A) as this cell includes letter i
want a YES in cell a2.

thanks

Mo